In my previous post published at http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/ ... 18&t=21891 I suggested to consider SyMenu as the definitive launcher for all the portable programs.
This ambitious idea comes from my belief in the power of the SPS, which is the documentation format that SyMenu adopts to include in its suites any third party portable program.
Now the three SyMenu suites (NirSoft, Sysinternals and its own one) have reached the incredible number of 1000 programs (http://www.ugmfree.it). They are all freeware and portable programs available from hundreds of different web sites.
It's a terrific goal and the demonstration of the SPS power.
These are the details:
SyMenu suite: 652 programs
NirSoft suite: 291 programs
Sysinternals suite: 57 programs
Grand total: 1000 programs
For the complete and detailed list, please download SyMenu and give it a try. It's free.
SPS is not a closed format, it is a simple xml format that anyone can build, read and use so SPS is here to stay even beyond the control of its creator (me).
Thus the question is: can SPS be considered as a new de facto standard?
If it was, it'll be great if the portablefreeware reviewers could produce SPS to review the new/updated programs. In this way they create a documentation that can be used by the portablefreeware web site, by SyMenu and by any other program that wants to use it.
What do you think about that? Is it too ambitious again?
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